Wayland E. Noland papers

Wayland Evan Noland was born on December 8, 1926 in Madison, Wisconsin. He earned his B.A. in 1948 from the University of Wisconsin, his M.A. in 1950 and his Ph.D. in physico-organic chemistry in 1952 from Harvard University. Dr. Noland joined the faculty of the department of chemistry at the University of Minnesota in 1951 as a du Pont postdoctoral fellow. He was promoted to assistant professor in 1952, associate professor in 1958 and professor in 1962. From 1961-1962, Dr. Noland served as acting chief for the division of organic chemistry and from 1967-1969 he was acting chair of the chemistry department. Dr. Noland's area of research involves mechanistic and synthetic organic chemistry, with an emphasis on the chemistry of nitrogen heterocyclic compounds.